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    "id": 1077065,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1077065/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "The Government should enhance its funding for the human-wildlife compensation. It should also consider funding the human-wildlife insurance scheme as a long-term solution. When I appeared before the Budget and Appropriations Committee, they recommended further funding of more than Kshs1 billion to cater for the compensation. I really pleaded with the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I am happy because many Members of the Committee are here. The Chair is here. They are all cognizant of the way human-wildlife conflict issues are emotive. We all sit here and lament that the victims of human-wildlife conflict need to be compensated. However, what has been allocated for compensation is Kshs604 million only. The Committee recommended an enhancement of Kshs1 billion. It is unfortunate that the Budget and Appropriations Committee did not pick it up. As a Committee, we will propose an amendment during the Committee of Supply to enhance the compensation by another Kshs1 billion. I want to call upon Hon. Members of this House to support the Committee’s initiative. At the end of the day, we are the ones who normally get backlash in our backyard due to issues of compensation. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}